JPH07227328A - Fall preventer for furniture or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To achieve a fall preventing function by mounting the device at an arbitrary position corresponding to the height of furniture or the like and condition on the side of an object on which the device is fixed, for example, wall and pillar CONSTITUTION:This device is made up of a rope body 2 such as a wire rope, a winding drum 3 wound with the rope body 2, a body 4 where the drum 3 is housed rotatably, a removable rope body retaining member 5 which is mounted on the body 4 while blocking the movement of the rope body 2 at least in the direction of being pulled and a retaining hook 7 linked to the tip of the rope body 2. The body 4 is mounted on the top end of furniture 11 or the like and the retaining hook 7 is caught on a retaining metal 9 fixed on a wall 8 or the like. The winding drum 3 is turned in the direction of winding to tension the rope body 2, and then, the rope body 2 is pinched securely with the rope body retaining member 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to furniture such as chests, bookcases and cupboards, bookstores used in offices and the like, and fall prevention devices such as lockers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for preventing furniture such as chests, bookcases, cupboards, etc. from falling due to an earthquake, an L-shaped steel fall prevention metal fitting 41 is used as shown in FIG. The top plate of the chest 43 and the wall 44 with screws 42, etc.
The method of fixing to is adopted.

[0003]

By the way, the conventional metal fitting 41 uses a decorative frame or a pillar when the wall 44 is a soil wall, but it cannot be used in some cases because of the height of a chest or the like. Also, when the wall 44 is the panel (or board) shown in FIG. 13, it is sufficient if the horizontal shaft 45 (or the vertical shaft) is located at the substantially same position as the height of the chest 43 on the back side.
There is a problem that the metal fitting 41 cannot be used if the metal fitting 41 is located at a position higher than the chest 43 as shown by a dotted chain line 46.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is to set an arbitrary position depending on the height of furniture or the like and the situation of a fixed object such as a wall or a pillar. It is intended to provide a fall prevention tool for furniture or the like that can be attached to a furniture to ensure its function.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention is directed to a fall-prevention rope such as a wire rope, a winding cylinder around which the rope is wound, a main body that rotatably accommodates the winding cylinder, a body attached to the main body, and the rope is at least in a pull-out direction. It consists of a detachable cord locking member that prevents it from moving to
It is characterized in that either one of the tip or the main body of the cord is fixed to the fixed object and the other is fixed to furniture or the like.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the main body is fixed to furniture or the like, the tip of the rope is fixed to a fixed object such as a wall, and then the winding drum is rotated in the direction in which the rope is wound. Is wound around the winding drum and becomes tense, and the cord is locked and fixed to the main body by the cord locking member. At this time, since the winding direction of the cord locking member is free, the cord is wound with almost no resistance,
When the rotation of the winding drum in the winding direction is stopped, the cord body is locked by the locking member, and the cord body does not move in the pull-out direction.

The cord does not move in the pull-out direction unless the unlocking means of the locking member is operated, and furniture or the like is linked and fixed to a fixed object such as a wall and falls due to an earthquake or the like. There is no.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, 1 is a metal fall prevention tool such as furniture,
A wire rope 2 for preventing fall, and the wire body 2
A winding cylinder 3 wound with the winding cylinder 3, a main body 4 rotatably accommodating the winding cylinder 3, a cord locking member 5 attached to the main body 4, and a cover 6. The locking hook 7 is connected to the locking metal fitting 9 attached to the wall surface 8A of the fixed object 8 or the like,
The hook 7 is hooked and locked.

The winding drum 3 is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5 to 7.
As shown in FIG. 3, a rotary tool fitting hole 3B which has a cylindrical shape with an outward flange 3A at one axial end and whose inner peripheral hole on the side of the flange 3A is expanded and which has a notch in the radial direction is formed. A female screw portion 3C is provided in the small-diameter hole portion except the hole 3B, and a cord locking metal fitting insertion concave portion 3D is provided on an outer end surface on the screw portion 3C side.
And a rope guide groove 3E. Then, the rotary tool 1 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is provided in the tool fitting hole 3B.
The fitting protrusion 10A of 0 is fitted.

The main body 4 includes a plate-shaped mounting base 4A, a winding drum housing tubular portion 4B provided on the upper surface of the base 4A at one end in the longitudinal direction, and a cord locking member provided at the other end. The base 4A is provided with a mounting hole 12 for the furniture 11 and a cover mounting screw hole 13, and the outer flange 3A of the winding drum 3 is rotatable at the upper end of the tubular portion 4B. A winding drum receiving portion 14 for fitting and supporting is provided in an inward flange shape, and the winding drum mounting disk fitting portion 1 is concentrically provided on the rear surface side of the mounting base 4A.
5 is provided, and a winding drum mounting disk 17 attached by a screw 16 to the female screw portion 3C of the winding drum 3 is rotatably fitted.

That is, in the winding drum housing tubular portion 4B of the main body 4,
The winding drum 3 is attached so that it is sandwiched between the collar 3A of the winding drum 3 and the disk 17 from both sides in the axial direction (vertical direction), and when the winding drum 3 is rotated by the rotary tool 10,
The winding drum mounting disk 17 is adapted to rotate together, and the cord 2 is housed in a space 18 formed between the winding drum 3 and the tubular portion 4B. Then, the inner end of the cord 2 is locked and fixed by inserting the locking metal fitting 19 fixed thereto into the insertion recess 3D.

Further, the tubular portion 4B is provided with a cord insertion hole 20 in the peripheral wall on the cord locking member attachment portion 4C side.
The cord 2 is pulled out or retracted from the hole 20. Then, the rope locking portion mounting portion 4 of the main body 4
C is a notched circular hollow in a plan view, which is widened toward the cord body pull-out side end and opened at the end, and the cord body insertion hole 2 is provided.
Corresponding to 0, a cord locking member attachment hole 21 is provided.

The cord locking member 5 is made of metal and has a cylindrical main body 5A and a cord insertion hole 22 inserted into the main body 5A and a ball at the inner end, as shown in FIG. A cord lock releasing rod 25 (cord lock releasing means) having a receiving ring 23 and a ball fitting hole 24, and a plurality of locking balls 26 fitted in the fitting hole 24 in the main body 5A. ,
A ball urging spring 28 which is fitted in the main body 5A and urges the locking ball 26 toward the ring 23 via a ring 27, and is fixed to the outer ends of the spring locking washer 29 and the locking release rod 25. Cord lock release operation ring 30
A mounting portion 31 is formed at one end of the main body 5A (end on the ball receiving ring 23 side), and the inner surface of the main body is a tapered hole 32 having a smaller diameter on the mounting portion 31 side.

The ball fitting hole 24 provided in the rod 25 penetrates the rope body insertion hole 22 so that the locking ball 26 holds the rope body 2 from both sides. That is, the locking ball 26 is locked by the spring 28 in FIG.
0 is urged in the direction indicated by the arrow (a) and is urged toward the center of the rod 25 by the tapered hole 32, so that the cord 2 is sandwiched from both sides.

Therefore, the arrow (a) is shown in FIG.
When the tensile force acts in the direction indicated by, the locking ball 26 tries to move in the direction of the arrow (a), and the tapered hole 32
Thereby exerting a stronger clinging force, so that the cord 2 is attached to the attachment portion 4C via the locking ball 26 and the member main body 5A.
It will be fixed to and will not move. On the other hand, when a tensile force acts on the cord 2 in the direction of arrow (b) in FIG. 10 (winding direction of the cord), the locking ball 26 also acts in the direction of arrow (b) against the biasing force of the spring 28. Acts to weaken the clinging force of the taper hole 32, the locking force to the cord 2 becomes insufficient, the cord 2 moves in the direction of the arrow (b), and the cord 2 can be wound.

Further, when the cord lock releasing operation ring 30 is pulled in the arrow (B) direction in FIG. 10, the locking ball 26 moves in the arrow (B) direction against the biasing spring 28,
The clinging force of the locking ball 26 does not act on the rope 2 and the rope 2 can be arbitrarily moved in the directions of arrows (a) and (b). Therefore, the rope 2 is unwound from the winding drum 3. Can be withdrawn.

The spring lock washer 29 is fitted in the taper hole 32 and then secured by caulking the end of the member body 5A. Also, the mounting portion 3 of the member body 5A
An internal thread portion 33 is provided on the inner periphery of 1, and the attachment portion 4 is provided by a collar portion 34 provided on the outer periphery of the member main body 5A and a screw 36 having a cord insertion hole 35 screwed into the internal thread portion 33.
It is attached so that C is attached.

The cover 6 is made of synthetic resin and is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting base 4A of the main body 4 has the same shape and size as those of the mounting base 4A excluding the cord locking member mounting portion 4B, and the mounting hole 37 is formed in correspondence with the mounting screw hole 13 of the mounting base 4A. The support pipe 3 is provided on the back side of the support pipe 3.
8 are fixed concentrically. The locking hook 7 and the locking metal fitting 9 may have various shapes other than the shapes shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and various commercially available ones may be adopted. It is possible to connect the ends of the cords 2, and to provide a hook-shaped locking portion on the locking metal fitting 9 and
It is possible to form an annular portion at the tip of or to connect a locking ring.

Further, the cord locking member 5 is not limited to the one in the above-mentioned embodiment, and a commercially available member can be adopted, and the cord inserting hole 21 provided in the mounting portion 4C of the main body 4 is inserted from above. A fixing screw that communicates is provided, and the cord 2 can be tightened and fixed by the fixing screw. According to the above-mentioned embodiment, the main body 4 is attached by the screws 39 in the upper and rear open storage recesses 39 formed on the top plate of the furniture 11 or the like, and the upper surface of the fall prevention tool 1 is the furniture 11. It is flush with the top of the top. This is to prevent the fall prevention tool 1 from hitting anything when moving the furniture 11. Then, the locking metal fitting 9 is attached to the wall surface 8A of the wall 8 etc. on the back side of the wall with screws 40, and the unlocking operation ring 30 of the rope body locking member 5 is pulled in the rope winding direction. After unlocking the body 2, the cord body 2 is pulled out by a desired amount and the locking hook 7 is hooked on the locking metal fitting 9.

Then, the fitting portion 10A of the rotary tool 10 is inserted into the rotary tool fitting hole 3B of the winding drum 3, and the winding drum 3 is rotated in the direction of arrow (c) in FIG. Member 5
When the operation of the rotary tool 10 is stopped in a state where the cord 2 is wound up and the cord 2 is strained and cannot be wound, the locking ball 26 of the cord locking member 5 is locked. The clinging force acts and the cord 2 is fixed to the main body 4 via the cord locking member 5. Therefore, the cord 2 does not loosen its tension unless the unlocking operation ring 30 of the locking member 5 is operated, and retains the fall prevention function of furniture or the like.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be modified in design as appropriate. For example, a wire or synthetic resin rope is used instead of the wire rope, and a part or all of the material is used. Can be made of synthetic resin, and the fittings 9 can be attached to furniture 11 and the body 4 can be attached to the wall 8 side. Further, it is preferable that the rotary tool is a commercially available driver, and in this case, the tool fitting hole is formed in a shape that matches the shape of the tip of the driver.

[0022]

As described above, the present invention is provided with a fall-prevention rope body such as a wire rope, a winding cylinder around which the rope body is wound, a main body in which the winding cylinder is rotatably accommodated, and a main body attached to the main body. And a detachable cord locking member that prevents the cord from moving at least in the pull-out direction, and fixes either the tip or the main body of the cord to a fixed object and the other to furniture or the like. Since it is characterized by doing so, it can be mounted at any position depending on the height of furniture or the like and the condition of the fixed object such as a wall to exert the fall prevention function.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where the cover of FIG. 1 is removed.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the winding drum in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the cover of the embodiment.

9 is a front view of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of a cord locking member in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing an example of a winding cylinder rotating tool.

12 is a bottom view of FIG. 11. FIG.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fall prevention tool 2 Cable body 3 Winding drum 3A Outward flange 3B Rotating tool fitting portion 3C Female screw portion 4 Main body 4A Mounting base 4B Winding drum housing tubular portion 4C Cable body locking member mounting portion 5 Cable body locking member 6 Cover 7 Locking Hook 10 Rotating Tool 11 Furniture 16 Screw 17 Winding Cylinder Mounting Disc 20 Cable Body Insertion Hole 21 Cable Body Locking Member Attachment Hole 25 Cable Body Lock Release Rod (Cable Lock Release Means) 26 Locking Ball 28 Energizing spring 30 Cord lock release operation ring

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A fall-prevention rope such as a wire rope, a winding cylinder around which the rope is wound, a main body rotatably accommodating the winding cylinder, and a rope attached to the main body and at least in the pull-out direction. A furniture characterized by comprising a detachable cord locking member for preventing movement, wherein one of the tip or the main body of the cord is fixed to the fixed object and the other is fixed to furniture or the like. Fall prevention tool such as. 2. A fall prevention tool for furniture or the like according to claim 1, wherein a rotary tool fitting portion is provided on the winding drum so as to be manually rotatable. 3. The cord main body comprises a mounting base, a winding barrel housing tubular portion, and a cord locking member mounting portion, and the tubular portion has a cord insertion hole on the cord locking member mounting portion side. 3. The cord locking member mounting portion is provided with a cord locking member mounting hole corresponding to the cord insertion hole. Ingredient 4. A fall prevention tool for furniture or the like according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a locking hook is connected to the tip of the cord. 5. A fall prevention tool for furniture or the like according to claim 1, wherein a cover parallel to the attachment base is detachably attached to the main body on the side opposite to the attachment base. . 6. The cord locking member is provided with a cord lock releasing means, and the cord can be moved only in one direction while being locked in the other direction. A fall prevention tool for furniture or the like according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. 7. The winding drum is cylindrical, and an outward flange is formed on the rotary tool fitting portion side and an internal thread portion is provided on the opposite side, and a screw is provided on the flange and the opposite side by using a screw. The winding cylinder mounting disk attached to the winding cylinder housing cylindrical portion of the main body is rotatably mounted so as to sandwich it from both sides in the axial direction. 5
Or a fall prevention tool for furniture such as 6.